Jar with lid
Object Details
- Description
- A blue and white jar and cover, Kangxi period, the bulbous body finely painted with two large graceful prunus branches sweeping from the rim, with loose blossoms falling from the branches, all reserved on a "cracked ice" ground, below a thin border of small white "cracked ice" squares, the flat cover decorated to match with further loose falling blossoms.
- Provenance
- To 1992
- Pierre Durand, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, to 1992
- From 1992
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Pierre Durand in 1992
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)
- Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)
- The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Pierre Durand
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand
- mid 17th-early 18th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign
- Accession Number
- F1992.14a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (assembled): 24 × 20.5 cm (9 7/16 × 8 1/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)
- plum blossom
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.14a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bbed7272-0a28-4fef-989a-4cd5814831c2
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